July 21, 2012 China’s Bosai Minerals Group ponders leaving Guyana due to hostility Chinese producer of bauxite Bosai Minerals Group halted its operations in Guyana on Friday due to violent protests against the miner that left at least three deaths on Wednesday, said…
July 21, 2012 Canadian Atlanta Gold forced to pay $2 million in fines An Idaho court has ordered Canadian Atlanta Gold Corp (TSX:ATG) to pay a bulky $2 million fine for its continuing failure to stop arsenic and iron from flowing into a…
July 21, 2012 Silver: A metal of sunken treasure and champions Earlier this week, Odyssey Marine Exploration, a world leader in deep-ocean shipwreck exploration, announced it successfully recovered approximately 48 tons of silver bullion from the SS Gairsoppa. Despite the silver…
July 21, 2012 India’s Jindal employees in Bolivia arrested and equipment seized for alleged ‘breach of contract’ Two employees of India’s Jindal Steel and Power were arrested on Friday and equipment confiscated in Bolivia, after the company abandoned its $2.1 billion El-Mutun iron ore project five days…
July 21, 2012 No signs of the mining boom ending for Australia any time soon: studies There is no end on sight to the mining boom in Australia, a country which mineral resources sector value is expected to reach $122.6 billion by 2016, growing at an…
July 21, 2012 London 2012: And the 92.5% silver gold medal goes to… Making the 2012 Olympic gold medal from pure gold would amount to $22,000 per medal at Friday's closing price of $1,585 an ounce. Event organizers baulked and opted for a…
July 20, 2012 New gold mining technology to boost South African miners efficiency A new method of underground gold mining, being tested by AngloGold Ashanti, is filling headlines in the country, as the method has the potential to reverse the decline in South…
July 20, 2012 Finally, a $28,000 gold cupcake that is edible It's arrived, the world's most expensive edible cupcake made out of gold.
July 20, 2012 Ivanhoe Mines successfully completes rights offering Early results indicate approximately 100% of available common shares subscribed, generating $1.8 Billion in gross proceeds
July 20, 2012 Major Anglo American reshuffle as Amplats CEO walks away Neville Nicolau, the head of Anglo American’s platinum business is leaving the company, after the South African unit warned its earnings per share for the first half could drop as…
BNP backs gold price to hit $6,000 as rally ‘makes sense’ The gold-silver ratio, while still lower than its two-year average in the 80s, has bounced back, said Wilson, BNP’s director of commodities strategy. February 10, 2026 | 03:14 pm